13-letter words containing m, h, o
- mao inhibitor — any of various substances, as isocarboxazid and phenelzine, that block enzymatic breakdown of certain monoamine neurotransmitters: used to treat severe depression. Abbreviation: MAOI.
- marching song — a song with the rhythm of a march, esp sung by marching soldiers
- marchionesses — Plural form of marchioness.
- mare chronium — an area in the southern hemisphere of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- marrow squash — any of several squashes having a smooth surface, an oblong shape, and a hard rind.
- marsh trefoil — buck bean.
- marx brothers — the. a US family of film comedians, esp Arthur Marx, known as Harpo (1888–1964), Herbert Marx, known as Zeppo (1901–79), Julius Marx, known as Groucho (1890–1977), and Leonard Marx, known as Chico (1886–1961). Their films include Animal Crackers (1930), Monkey Business (1931), Horsefeathers (1932), Duck Soup (1933), and A Day at the Races (1937)
- mastigophoran — Also, mastigophore [mas-ti-guh-fawr, -fohr] /ˈmæs tɪ gəˌfɔr, -ˌfoʊr/ (Show IPA). a protozoan of the phylum Mastigophora.
- mastigophoric — Carrying or wielding a whip.
- matchboarding — a construction of matchboards.
- matched order — an order placed with a broker to buy a specified stock at a price above the market price with the intention of immediately selling the stock through another broker at the same price. It is designed to give the appearance of active trading in the stock.
- mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
- mechanisation — Alternative spelling of mechanization.
- mechanization — to make mechanical.
- medicine shop — (in Malaysia) a Chinese chemist's shop where traditional herbs are sold as well as modern drugs. It is not, however, a dispensary for prescribed medicines
- medicine show — a traveling troupe, especially in the late 1800s, offering entertainment in order to attract customers for the patent medicines or purported cures proffered for sale.
- meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
- meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
- megaherbivore — a large herbivore, such as an elephant, weighing more than 1000kg
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megawatt hour — a unit of energy equal to the work done by a power of a million watts in one hour
- melancholious — (obsolete) melancholy.
- melanochroous — having dark-coloured or black skin
- membranophone — any musical instrument, as a drum, in which the sound is produced by striking, rubbing, or blowing against a membrane stretched over a frame.
- mephobarbital — The drug methylphenobarbital.
- mercurochrome — Merbromin.
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- mesencephalon — Anatomy. the midbrain.
- mesocephalism — mesocephaly
- mesocephalous — Alternative form of mesocephalic.
- mesotheliomas — Plural form of mesothelioma.
- metachromasia — A characteristic change in the colour of staining carried out in biological tissues, exhibited by certain aniline dyes when they bind to particular substances present in these tissues, called chromotropes.
- metachromatic — change of color, especially that due to variation in the temperature of a body.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- metallophones — Plural form of metallophone.
- metamorphosed — to change the form or nature of; transform.
- metamorphoses — a series of mythological tales or legends in verse (a.d. 7–8) by Ovid.
- metamorphosis — Biology. a profound change in form from one stage to the next in the life history of an organism, as from the caterpillar to the pupa and from the pupa to the adult butterfly. Compare complete metamorphosis.
- metamorphotic — Of or relating to metamorphosis.
- metaphoricity — The power of a metaphor.
- metaphosphate — a salt or ester of metaphosphoric acid.
- metencephalon — the anterior section of the hindbrain, comprising the cerebellum and pons.
- meteor shower — the profusion of meteors observed when the earth passes through a meteor swarm.
- methemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- methocarbamol — a substance, C 1 1 H 1 5 NO 5 , used as a muscle relaxant in combination with other drugs in the treatment of acute, painful musculoskeletal conditions.
- method acting — film, theater: acting approach
- methodistical — Methodistic.
- methodization — The act or process of methodizing, or the state of being methodized.
- methodologies — a set or system of methods, principles, and rules for regulating a given discipline, as in the arts or sciences.